LA ICONOGRAFÍA DE CRISTO OCULTO Y LA «FE OSCURA» DE S. JUAN DE LA CRUZ

Abstract

Shortly after the death of Juan de la Cruz, at the beginning of the 17th century, his canonization was attempted. For this purpose, images that allude to it are sought. The images that were tried to find had a miraculous character and made reference to its doctrine. Referring to different texts, we will see how his followers build an unknown image to materialize a concept, that of the “Dark faith”, using the term given by its author, Juan de la Cruz.

Keywords

• s. juan de la cruz
• hidden christ
• dark faith
• discalced car-melites
• xvi-xvii centuries